Tick Removal

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In late spring and all summer, pesky ticks show their ugly heads. Here is a terrific and effective way to get them off you, your children and your pets. Give it a try!

This helpful tip should be sent to anyone with children… or hunters with dogs… or anyone who steps outside in summer for that matter.

A School Nurse has written the following information and details - and it really works!

I had a pediatrician tell me what she believes is the best way to remove a tick. This is great, because it works in those places where it’s sometime difficult to get to with tweezers; between toes, in the middle of a head full of dark hair, etc.

Apply a glob of liquid soap to a cotton ball. Cover the tick with the soap-filled cotton ball and swab it for a few seconds (15-20), the tick will come out on its own and be stuck to the cotton ball when you lift it away. This technique has worked every time I’ve used it (and that was frequently, and it’s much less traumatic for the patient and easier for me.)

Unless someone is allergic to soap, I can’t see that this would be damaging in any way. I even had my doctor’s wife call me for advice because she had one stuck to her back and she couldn’t reach it with tweezers. She used this method and immediately called me back to say, “It worked!”

Pass on!! Everyone needs this helpful hint.